Tony Khan reveals scrapped plans of Madison Square Garden hosting the first episode of Dynamite

AEW President Tony Khan has revealed that the first episode of Dynamite was going to be at Madison Square Garden in New York.

All Elite Wrestling was recently present at the Hammerstein Ballroom, where they taped their upcoming December 24th Dynamite on 34th Street episode. Now, a video is going viral on social media from the tapings. Tony Khan could be heard revealing how the first-ever Dynamite episode was set to take place at the iconic MSG, but unfortunately, it could not.

Khan greeted the crowd and teased bringing a PPV to New York, when the crowd started chanting “MSG”, referencing the iconic New York arena, Madison Square Garden. However, Khan decided to spill the beans and reveal why they could not bring an AEW show to the Gardens.

“That’s an interesting idea. You know, for a long time, I’ll be honest. They didn’t want me there, you know that? Because the first episode of Dynamite was originally going to be there,” Khan claimed. “And they called me and offered me the date. They said, ‘Would you like to do the first episode of Dynamite here?’ The people who called me don’t work there anymore; it was over six years ago.”

“I said, ‘Yeah, I really would. It would be great.’ And they called me a couple of months later, and they said, ‘We don’t want you anymore. We don’t want you to do the first Dynamite here.’ Because it would really upset somebody.”

His statements were followed by a huge wave of boos, with them following it up with, ‘f**k the feds” referring to WWE.

Khan further claimed that he informed Madison Square Garden about his uncertainty of ever returning to the arena in the future.

AEW Dynamite eventually debuted at Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C.